Granted city rights 1946 Population 8,562 (2005) Team FK Pasvalys | First mentioned 1497 Area 7.22 km² Local time Friday 10:51 AM | |
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Capital of Pasvalys district municipalityPasvalys city eldershipPasvalys rural eldership Weather 6°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 57% Humidity Municipality Pasvalys District Municipality | ||
Pasvalys ( pronunciation ) is a city in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River. Its sister city is Götene in Sweden.
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Map of Pasvalys, Lithuania
History
In 1557, the Treaty of Pozvol was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War.
In August 1941, 1349 Jews from the village and the surroundings were executed by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian collaborators as mentioned in the Jäger Report.
Twin towns and Sister cities
Pasvalys is twinned with:
References
Pasvalys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA